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Thu Mar-25-10 09:46 PM
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"Juno" - worth seeing or no? |
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Asks this Godless Californian
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Thu Mar-25-10 09:47 PM
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Thu Mar-25-10 09:48 PM
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of course what's not to love about the movie that added "pork sword" to my vocabulary?
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Thu Mar-25-10 09:51 PM
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It's about one young woman's decision to keep the baby, but it's her PERSONAL decision. It's not pro-life propaganda.
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Fri Mar-26-10 10:22 PM
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They are not pushing anti-abortion themes in this movie. It's just a sarcastic 16 year-old who talks like she's 30 who realizes she's not as grown up as she thinks she is.
I enjoyed it. :)
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Thu Mar-25-10 09:57 PM
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4. Good movie, very sweet - and I don't normally go for "sweet." |
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Thu Mar-25-10 10:27 PM
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5. It's charming. A slice of life and worth a look. It is about kids, nice kids. |
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Thu Mar-25-10 10:49 PM
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7. yes, it's clever, fun and very good |
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Thu Mar-25-10 11:38 PM
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8. Sure, why not? But I found it incredibly annoying... |
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Edited on Thu Mar-25-10 11:38 PM by WorseBeforeBetter
and it appears that others did as well: Other People Hate Juno Almost As Much As I Dohttp://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2374
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Fri Mar-26-10 10:37 AM
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15. I remember hanging out with the pretentious cynical highly verbal kids at Juno's age. |
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Your link made me laugh. Maybe it's the thirty-somethings who still talk like that who were most offended by this movie???
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
I thought it was a sweet movie, maybe because I've never given a shat about being "hip" or cool or anything like that. As a socially clueless and awkward computer geek who wore funny clothes and had weird parents, this was always beyond my capabilities. And for the life of me, I never understood why anyone would want to party.
As a parent I don't know nothing about the music my kids listen to. Weirdly, though, they sometimes listen to the Beatles. I think it's a positive thing that my kids have to drive crappy old cars and sometimes have to hang out with parents who never knew and don't care who Sonic Youth and the Stooges were, or whoever the hell it is the cool kids listen to now.
It keeps them humble.
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Sat Mar-27-10 07:53 AM
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35. Yeah, yeah. Everybody knew (or was) a kid like that. |
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The problem isn't simply that Juno's one of them; the problem is that the Anachronistically Precocious Teen has become a standard Hollywood trope, and it's been done to death and beyond. The intent, clearly, is less to catch the attention of quirky teens who talk like that and more to pander to twenty- and thirty-somethings who've decided to remember themselves as having been those same quirky teens.
Alternatively, it suggests a Mary Sue intrusion by the director/author/screenwriter who likewise envisions him or herself as the (perhaps reluctantly) grown-up version of the quirky teen.
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Sat Mar-27-10 12:00 PM
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40. I'm sorta glad the last film studies class I took was in 1978. |
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Otherwise it might be too much of a bother to get out and go to the movies.
Even if a movie is bad or forgettable it's still a movie and I like popcorn.
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Fri Mar-26-10 12:02 PM
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17. Yikes, I thought it was just me! |
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Edited on Fri Mar-26-10 12:02 PM by Hell Hath No Fury
I had heard sooooo much about it and then when I finally saw it -- bleck. I found myself wanting to punch the lights out of the "Juno" character more than once. The dialogue sounded as if were written by exactly who it was written by -- it was hard, cynical, pretentious -- perfect for a 30 something stripper, not so perfect for even the smartest high schooler.
I walked away completely underwhelmed.
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Fri Mar-26-10 12:12 PM
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19. Hah, I haven't seen it... |
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but those comments are funny. :)
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Thu Mar-25-10 11:40 PM
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9. I'd say yes. Very cool soundtrack. |
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And Alison Janney (C.J. from West Wing) who makes everything wonderful.
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Fri Mar-26-10 11:33 AM
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16. That is the perfect description of Janney's career |
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She does, in fact, make everything wonderful.
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Sat Mar-27-10 08:20 AM
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38. Alison Janney is a goddess. |
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The first time I ever saw her was on Law and Order playing a witness for the prosecution. Her performance in that role was just unbelievably stirring. I have loved her in everything since. Ooh, and her performance of "The Jackal" on The West Wing was hysterical. I'm going to have to Netflix that season - or maybe there's a youtube...:hi:
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Fri Mar-26-10 06:52 AM
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11. Absolutely yes. It was an enjoyable movie, and not many really are anymore. n/t |
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Fri Mar-26-10 07:19 AM
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Fri Mar-26-10 07:55 AM
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13. Definitely worth seeing |
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Fri Mar-26-10 09:14 AM
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14. I'd say watch it, but you may be a little disappointed like I was |
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Not a bad movie, but not as good as the hype said it was.
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Fri Mar-26-10 07:11 PM
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22. That's exactly what I thought when I saw it. |
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I had heard so many great things about it that I really wanted to see it. When I finally saw it, my reaction was, meh.
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Fri Mar-26-10 12:06 PM
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One of the more underrated films of that year, IMO.
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Fri Mar-26-10 03:10 PM
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20. Sure, if you like syrupy sweet bullshit, bad music and unrealistic dialogue. |
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Having a teenage daughter I've had to sit through this horseshit movie on more than one occasion and not once did it not make me nauseous. Awful, awful drivel.
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Fri Mar-26-10 03:12 PM
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21. I loved it. I guess you'll just have to see for yourself since clearly some folks |
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Fri Mar-26-10 07:30 PM
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23. If you can set aside any expectations about seeing a story with characters that... |
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speak and behave with a core "realness", then you may find it worth your time.
It's pure Hollywood.
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Fri Mar-26-10 08:30 PM
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Not so...
More Santa Fe, Hangin with the hipster artist version of what Hollywood should be.
Or at least that was my take. More pretentious and less lowest common denominator extra explosion BOOB Shiny robot than Hollywood.
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Fri Mar-26-10 10:11 PM
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26. Just watched it. Wow, that movie played like an ad for American Eagle or Abercrombie and Fitch |
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Not really deep dialogue - more faux deep Again, high school kids are faux deep How deep can you be at Sixteen?
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Fri Mar-26-10 11:05 PM
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30. Not Hollywood in the sense of exploding things and car chases. |
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Hollywood in the sense of missing the mark when showing real life situations through the eyes and ears of most its scriptwriters.
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Sat Mar-27-10 04:32 PM
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43. So we are in agreement. |
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I still think I had the better description. But you got there first. Shall we call it a draw, or fight it to the death?
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Fri Mar-26-10 07:58 PM
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24. Cute movie about cute kids. |
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Smart dialog. Weird and excellent soundtrack.
See it. It's painless and entertaining.
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Fri Mar-26-10 10:33 PM
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Doesn't mean much. Doesn't mean anything at all.
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Fri Mar-26-10 10:33 PM
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29. Responses kinda surprising |
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I recall the week or so after it first was shown in theaters, judging from the threads and link to critiques you would think it was the most offensive movie made that year. Now almost every reply is in favor of the movie. I haven't seen the movie myself, I was just making an observation. :)
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Fri Mar-26-10 11:10 PM
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32. I just saw it recently. I don't remember that though. |
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I remember a lot of people thinking the soundtrack was the bomb, but that's it. :)
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Sat Mar-27-10 12:25 PM
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42. Who you callin' "you", kemosabe? |
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There was the predictable knee jerk responses in GD calling it an anti-abortion movie. But that was just the barking of imbeciles. It's a movie about a young girl making smart choices, so presumably it's pro-choice. I remember one thread where one poster said it was male bashing because of the Justin Bateman character and another say it was misogynist because of how they conveniently wrote Juno's mother out of her family situation.
Some people are just looking for something to feel offended about.
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Sat Mar-27-10 04:59 PM
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45. It was underground cool. Thats not who writes the initial reviews |
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That's who inhabits the internet. Welcome to the internet.
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Fri Mar-26-10 11:09 PM
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31. It's okay. I loved the line, "Hang on, I'm on my hamburger phone". |
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Sat Mar-27-10 01:17 AM
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33. Without question one of the best movies. n/t |
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Sat Mar-27-10 02:42 AM
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At some points it tries too hard to be hip but fun overall.
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Sat Mar-27-10 08:11 AM
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37. An American Crime is a much better "Ellen Page Movie" |
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Sat Mar-27-10 09:02 AM
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Unfortunately, you are correct. Don't watch it late at night, alone.
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Sat Mar-27-10 05:10 PM
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46. I just saw that movie last week. I couldn't take my eyes off it. |
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One hell of a great movie about one hellish crime, and yes, Ellen was very good in that movie.
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Sat Mar-27-10 12:20 PM
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41. It's a great movie. Probably one of the few movies I'd consider buying instead of renting. |
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Sat Mar-27-10 04:50 PM
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No sugar-coating...wonderful film!
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